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MONDAY. FEB. 23, lf-01.
GIR RIGHTS IX CIBA.
Tlu- iiititude which the president has ;
taken with reference to the advisability
of calling congress together in extra
session in connection with the forthcom
ing constitution of Cuba is entitled to
the highest measure of national approval.
His action in convening- the senate in ex
tra session after the 4th of March is
evidentlj influenced by considerations af
fecting the future relations of this coun
try and Cuba, and is designed to save
himself, as executive, from assuming
the entire responsibility for the outcome
of the Cuban constitutional convention.
There are vast interests possessed by
the United States In Cuba which must
r.nt Ih> ignored by that convention. These
interests must be fully conserved and
protected before the existing virtual pro
tectorate is brought to a close and our
troops arc withdrawn.
The G lobe has never believed that it
was necessary that the organic law of
Cuba should bo required to embody
any obligation or dependence in any form
toward the I'nited States. It still thinks
bo. The new government ought to stand
ready in every way shorn of permanently
placing restriction on its national pre
rogatives to secure the United States in
every direction in which it might, througli
the calling of free Cuba into existence,
be compromised- in its national interests.
From what we can giean through the
pr< ?s dispatches concerning the work of
the convention there is little disposition
either toward gratitude or justice toward
the United States on the part of the
dominant politicians in that body.
If it is the deliberate conviction of the
penple of the coming Cuban republic that
the United States should be granted no
further privileges or concessions than
any other nation; that no provision
should be made for coaling stations for
the ships of this country in Cuba, and
no opportunities given to us to protect
ourselves against the plans or purposes
of European nations with reference to
the finances of Cuba, its future form of
government or the integrity of its ter
ritory; if the conviction has settled it
self in thr- minds of the Cuban politicians
that this nation will submit to its na
tional welfare being endangered by the
governmental creation which by the free
expenditure of blood and treasure It has
caused to be erected at its very doors,
the sooner the idea is dispelled from tha
Cuban mind as an Illusion the better.
President McKlnley has been right
throughout. Whatever has been done
to emasculate the Monroe doctrine
through our taking over the Philippines,
that doctrine, so far as its insistence
upon is essential to the protection of
American interests, will continue to be
maintained. It may not have become*
embodied in International law: it may
never be so embodied. But it will be In
ternational law by fore? nf American
arms, as long as it is found necessary,
for the national defense and protection,
to promulgate it.
We must have all the guarantees that
those charged with the conduct of our
national affairs deem necessary for our
own protection before American troops
are withdrawn from Cuba. We war.t no
permanent Hen on the national resources
or the national structure of Cuba; but
we do need and must have assurances
as capable of enforcement as any that
any nation can extend to another, to
guard ourselves against any evil conse
quences from our devotion to the cause
»i humanity and liberty which has en
abled the Cubans to shake off the Span
ish yoke. There must be no Pandora s
■pox to be opened on the Carribean sea
to the possible future undoing of this
republic.
THK ENGLISH CATHOLICS* DBMAIfD.
Modern Intelligence aid toleration will
sistain Cardinal Vaughan in the demand
whkli he makes on behalf of the Catho
lic subjects of King Edward VII. that
the sonseleb-s recitals of the coronation
oath regarding their religion shall be
eliminated.
It may be right asd proper, regard-id
from- the English standpoint, that the
Protestant succession should be main
tained; but It is nothing less than wanton
and brutal insult to the enlightenment of
the age that it should be maintained with
such absurd attendants as those to which
the- Catholics of the world-take natural
exception.
S;i!)t-rstition and idolatry still exist un
happily in this wqrld. To claim that they
arc rcpresent«d by ti:e doctrines of any
branch of the Christian church is equiva
lent to turning back the hands on the
deck of human progress and denies an
Important section of the Christian popu
lation, of the world the right to a free
eju-rcise of their v< life ions convictions.
It is geiierally recognized that the
British people are quite conservative in
the discontinuance of old usages and are
averse to radical charges in their consti
tutional system. The prevailing require
ment oi" denouncing tlie Catholic religious
belief Is one of those survivals ot times
of intense religious animosities which re
flects but little credit on the spirit of
those times. It is not necessary to the
maintenance of a Protestant British roy
ally. It proves nothing in Itself save
the- virulence of the feelings of opposing
religionists at the time of Its adoption.
It embodies a flat denial of all the claims
which the British people put forward
that theirs Is a land of religious liberty,
where all forms of religious belief stand
equal before .the law.
It is not an Insignificant thing that
thus far, so far as Americans know, no
serious opposition has been heard to
the demand of Cardinal Vaughan. What
the immediate future of the movement
for the elimination of the offending words
may bring forth it is not easy to say.
But a ruler of such known liberality of
views as the new British king is not un
likely, so far as his influence can be ex
erted In that behalf, to counsel the dis
continuance of the language to which
such natural exception is taken. It would
bo an entirely characteristic act of the
man, if, through his influence, the Brit
ish parliament caused it to be discon
tinued. No intelligent person now ac
cepts the truth of the recitals unless ani
mated by the bitterest hostility to the
church affected. Their discontinuance
will effect no possible harm. It will give
substantial pleasure to a laj-ge and re
spected fraction of the population of the
British empire. That the offensive words
or the sentiment which they embody are
only preserved in the usages of British
royalty alone makes the obligation to
dispense with them one which the self
respect of the British nation itself dic
tates.
The position which the American con
stitution takes on this general subject is
the only true one. It is in effect that
civil government should not concern it
self over the religious belief of the In
dividual. "Congrpss shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
That is a provision which recognizes the
inherent right of the citizen to profess
any religion or none, as he chooses, and t
denies to government any power to re
strict his right in that regard. Any na
tion which maintains any other attitude
toward the subject is not to be regarded
as in the true possession of the right of
religious freedom.
I.AW FOR THE POOR.
The public have been made familiar ror
a long time past with many of the ef
forts which are being rut forward by
charitable and humane people, through
social settlements and other agencies for
the relief of the poor and ignorant in
the various big cities. The work thus be
in? done is productive of the best re
suits on those whose uplifting and social
betterment Is sought; and much of the
e\ il inflicted on the innocent by the l<Jle«
ness, ignomnee and drunkenness of
parents and those with whom the lives
of the young are spent in t.ho more de
graded sections of city life, has found a
remedy.
There are manifold directions In wh'.eh
this work of humanity is being conducted
of which the public never itcard. In the
pages of the January number of The
Annals of the American Academy of Po
litical and Social Science there is a
very interesting contribution under the
head of '"Charities and Social Problems."
It relates to the efforts which are being
put forward to bring the remedial agen
cies of the law within the reach of the
poorer classes who are so often marie
the viclims of fraud and extortion in
every form of business transaction.
The Legal Aid Society of Mow Yprk
was founded some twenty-five years ago.
It Is the mission of the society to bring
the machinery of the law within the
reach of these poor people, to collect
moneys out of which they might other
vise be defrauded, and generally to re
dress wrongs to which they are subject
ed, and which, without the intervention
of the society, would remain unknown
and umemedicd.
Mr. Arthur yon Brelsen, the president
Of the society, writing of the indirect
good accomplished by the society, says:
■
"It is rot merely that we protect the
weak from being wronged and defrauded
of that which is their JU3t due; that is
a great deal, to be sure, but there are
other and collateral results which are of
value to the community and the country.
The society's work makes good citizen?
and arouses a sentiment of respect, for
the laws, and also, 1 may say. a senti
ment of patriotism. Many of our clients
arc persons of foreign birth — oft
en, who are ignorant of the laws and of
how to set the machinery cf the law in
motion. They have some vague idea
that there is law for the reOress of
wrongs, but they have heard that it is
too costly a luxury for the poor; that
it is law for the rich and not for th 9
peer. - They know they have been
defrauded and wronged, but redress may
seem to them hopeless. They have n»
money to secure it, and therefore they
think it is not for them. The conse
quence Is that they become bitter, not
only against the particular person who
has wronged thorn, but also against so
ciety in general, against th« country
which permits society to be organised on
so unjust a basis. Such persona—and
they need not: be confined to persons of
fcieign birth by any means—are ripe to
listen to tliose social agitators and dis
turbers who are only too prevalent. They
*re ripe for enlistment in the ranks of
those who are regarded as dangerous to
the security of law and order.
The Legal Aid society has during its
existence recovered something like JSOO,
--000 for its clients from persons who were
trying to defraud them. In the year IS:W
alone the society received over 10,000 ap
plications for -assistance. The average
amount of money involved in these
cases is .SB. The society asks
for a fee of 10 cents for each
case, although where investigation
shows that the client cannot even pay
this sum it is remitted. Where the sum
involved is over $10, and where over $13
is actually collected, the society charges,
in addition to the retaining fee of iO
cents, 10 cents for services. In most of
the cases the claims are settled by cor
respondence out of court, because, chieily,
the debtor learns that there is a power
ful law society behind the effort to col
lect or to prevent Che wrong or i'ra'id de
signed.
To those who are at all acquainted
with social conditions in the big cities
the value of such a society as this must
be apparent. There are two classes cf
society which are peculiarly the prey of
social business harpies. They are now
sailors and servant girls. The law in
most communities allow heavy costs anl
exceptional processes in the legal en-
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 190*.
forcement of the claims of servant girla.
For years a flock of vampirea might be
found hovering around the smaller courts
of New York seeking the enforcement of
such claims, with tho result that the
heavy costs go into the pouches of the
vampires and the poor litigants are even
robbed, through the collection of "fees,"
of the principal of their claims.
The frauds perpetrated on Jack-ashore
have passed into proverb. This society
finds In this direction a great opportunity
for usefulness. It would take a large
volume to set forth the operation of the
frauds which are perpetrated even today
on the sailor. He is supposed to be the
special ward of the law. As a matter of
fact the law does nothing for him. sa\ c
through its usual processes to render" his
fleecing all the easier by those who un
derstand Its requirements. The vast pos
sibilities for good work which is being
done in New York, the great seaport of
this continent, by this society for the help
of the sailors may be estimated when it
is known that something like $5,000,000 is
annually wrung from sailors and ship
ping masters through extortion of ona
kind or another practiced on them.
No lawyer can have practiced for any
length of time in any large community
without having brought home to him the
practical impossibility of securing justice
for the deserving poor through the or
dinary agencies of the courts, without the
intervention of some such humane agency
as is represented by this valuable organi
zation.
A DISAPPOINTED REFORMER.
The practical outcome of Boss Platt's
engagement to reform the New York
police force is rather amusing. Of course
the boss was deeply shocked at the un
satisfactory condition of affairs which
were maintained under Chief Devery, and
he proceeded forthwith to announce his
purpose to establish at once a state
constabulary. All the details of the
measure were decided upon by the boss,
and the legislature stood ready to ful
fill his purpose. The bill was introduced
but it was withdrawn or not acted on.
Public opinion became as deeply stirred
over the plan of the boss to take the
control of their own police concerns from
the people of New York as It was over
the reported corruption of Devery and
his subordinates in the police depart
ment.
Of course public sentiment Is not a
thing which Boss Platt has ever con
descended to recognize in any n-ay. The
result of a given election is ilnal with
him. When the machine wins, the ma
chine shall turn out its own products
without regard to public sentiment. That
is the doctrine of the boss, and more
particularly of Boas Platt. But just as
this conclusion had been determined
upon, the boss found himself, in the
language of tho street, "up against it."
lie had conferred the machine nomina
tion for governor on the present incum
bent of the office. In forcing the nomina
tion for vice president on Roosevelt, he
had, as he still supposes, put an end
to a very troublesome character, and had
at the same time secured the probable
election of his own creature. He was
mistaken. Among the first declarations
made by the new state executive was the
one that under no circumstances would
he approve any measure which deprived
the people of the cities of the state of
. the right to control their own police
force.
This was the present end of the. in
famous state constabulary scheme of
Foss Platt, designed to make more se
cure the control ot the state, and sought
to ba enforced in the name of political
municipal reform.
The expressions of disappointment
which tne boss now gives to the world
through the press regarding the appoint
ment oi. the new head of the police by
Mayor Van Wyclc are really as amusing
as any other phase of the entire political
comedy of reform. The hand of the boss
had been forced and he was obliged to
consent to a measure which gave the ap
pointment of the head of the police de
partment to the mayor; and the mayor,
not unmindful of his obligations to hia
political friends, has .iust appointed Col.
Murphy to the post. Murphy is not a re
former, as Platt is; but he is a politician
just as Platt is, and he was born ar.d
has lived all his life in New York, ac
cording to the press reports, as the boss
has not.
Now that the boss beholds all possi
bility of reform as viewed from his
standpoint practically lost to sight, he
declares the situation to be intolerable,
and that he cannot tell what will be dore
to improve it until he has conferred witk
Gov. Odell. He does not want to talk
about the new appointment, and inti
mates that perhaps Gov. Odell may re
consider his views on the subject of the
state constabulary bill.
This is tho sure way of reform. When
T:oss Platt is ready he will tell what
will be done to reform things, especially
when things are not bt-Jng conducted ac
cording to his understanding of the pub
lic welfare. Happy is the community or
commonwealth which ha 3 a Boss Piatt
to look after it, and promote' the reform
t>£ its affairs.
A fisherman may be generous even if hlj
business does make him sell fish.
The fact that Adam saw snakes then
does not prove that Eden was a beer gar
den.
The longest day of Adam's life waa
naturally the one on which there was uo
Eve.
One of the lodges down town has nam
ed its goat "Oleomargarine" because It
is such a good butter.
Talking of Pat Crowe recalls the fact
that the crow is the bravest bird known
as it never shows a white feather.
A prominent French writer notes that
armies and the governments have not
caused the subjugation of the forces of
nature, to which the increase in popula
tion is due. The important men have
been those with a genius for invention,
for organization and for scientific work.
In the world of ideas, he consoles himself
with thinking- that mere numbers do not
count. If Frenchmen have ideas their
country will stay at the front, although
outstripped in number of inhabitants by
others. This is the truth that certain
Englishmen are now preaching to the
manufacturers there. In it lies tha rea
son why the United States outranks Rus
sia in importance, though not in popula
tion.
The present pension appropriation bill
before congress carries $145,245,230. This
is the largest sum which any congress
has been asked to appropriate at any
one time in the history of this govern
ment, and with cur present policy of
manifest destiny the annual demand for
pensions is likely to keep on increasing
right along.
MONDAY GLOBE GLANCES.
It is not generally known that in the
life giving environments of Minnesota
there Is a large variety of medicinal
plants. They grow by the shores of rivers
and lakes, on the prairies of the south
and in the pine lands of the north.
—o—
Tfie new edition of the Rdman Catholic
"Index Expurgatorius," contains a
list of over 3,000 books under the ban of
the church. French books constitute a
large majority and include the works of
Balzac. Lamartine, Hugo, Sue, Dumas,
Zola and many others.
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It is not singular that army officers
and commissioners sent to the Philippines
declare that the natives are not fit for
self-government. And the. newspaper cor
respondents who have joined in this opin
ion have been given jobs of helping to
rule the "lawless" people of our new
dependency. But correspondents \ and
others, who declare that the Filipinos
have a right to govern themselves in
their way—just as hundreds of other races
govern themselves each in their way
have not been popular with the authori
ties. ' "■ - ! ;
Tne next session of congress will be
asked to grant statehood to Oklahoma.
It now contains over 400,000 population.
No territory has a stronger claim. Its
admission will add the forty-sixth star
to the American flag.
The Boer war has been going on now a
year and a half, and has passed through
three stages-the Buller stage (disas
trous); the Roberts stage (an Immense
army and the capture of the Boer cap
itals); the Kitchener stage (the Boer as
suming the offensive again, and the call
for more British troops.) The grim
conqueror of the Soudan -Is not now
fighting naked savages.
—o—
Oh. the "beautiful" snow is deceitful;
The poet but moves us to scoff!
'Tls light when it falls, but so heavy
When you find you must shovel it off!
—Washington Star.
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The "billion-dollar congress" that
created a stir fen jyears ago is to be
succeeded this y«arj'-by what nearly ap
proaches a billion dollar session. If
averages mean anything the congression
al appropriations; of!,this closing session
means a tax of over $50 upon the ordi
nary American family with $800 or $900
income.
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The following is am extract from the
oath taken by the.'.n^.- king of Eng
land: "I (Edward) do solemnly and sin
cerely, and in the presence of God, pro
fess, testify and declare: I do believe
that, in the Sacrament of our Lord's
Supper, fhere is not any transubstantia
tion of the elements of bread and wine
into the body and' blood of Christ at or
after' the consecration thereof by any
person whatsoever, and that the invoca
tion or adoration of the Virgin Mary or
any other saint, and the sacrifice of the
mass, as they are now used in the
Church of Rome, are superstitious and
idolatrous." This is not calculated to
make millions of British Roman Cath
olics more loyal. Many years ago mem
bers of parliament were freed from tak
ing this_ oath, and Catholic members will
introduce a bill to have tho quoted pas
sage omitted from-'-the monarch's oath.
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If the governors continue to take a hand
in stopping "sparring matches," prize
fighters will have to go to work.
Who bides his time—he t*stes the sweet
Of honey in the saltest tear;
And though he fares with slowest feet,
Joy runs to meet him, drawing near;
The birds are heralds of his cause,
And, like a never ending rhyme,
The roadsides bloom In his applause—
Who bides his time.
—James Whitcomb Riley.
Is it cowardly, mercenary or what, that
congress still refuses to announce any
policy toward the Philippines? In order
to bring about a peace that would be no
sacrifice of pride to a great many peo
ple and no suerlnee of honor to the Fili
pinos, we could:-declare our intentions.
Is it the spirit of greed, and of the free
booter and pirate that hopes to make a
dollar out of it that hold us back from
doing what traditions of an honest, lib
erty-loving people demand?
In Italy one of the peculiar customs of
the peasant classes 16' the wearing of prfce
marks on their .new suits of "hand-me
down" clothing, in other countries the
tfi? is torn off At once. As ovsr 100, GOO
Italians came to jthls.icounLry-oiie-foLirth
of the entire eipgrration of the year
the style may become popular here. To
wear the tag shows that tho wearer has
a new suit, and thartt cost so much. It
might prove quite an advertisement if
dealers could induce customers to wear
the tags.
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It was seven years ago, in January,
that "Mack" wrote the following screed
to the Benson Times concerning the new
capitol site: "The deeds of the state cap
itol site are nearly all signed and filed
for record. It is a line place, on account
of height and isolation, for an astronom
ical observatory, or would work up nicely
into limekilns, but no mere fit for a stat,>.
Capitol site than the plains of Kandiyohi
county, where wild geese are said to
wear rubber 'waders' and carry life pre
servers as they cease their flight for a
night's rest on earth's surface. It's safe
to wager a kings ransom to a Populist's
opinion on the silver question that in ten
years from now the state could not real
ize one-half the amount paid for the
land by the capitol commission. But it
is a great locality" for drainage. It is
said that when It rains in the summer
the water runs so swiftly down the steep
declivity that the friction caused by con
tact with the stone creates a heat that
turns the water into steam, and the foot
of the hill is a colony of laundries."
Prof. Mangasarian said, in an address
in Chicago the other night, that "when
a man is rich in his nature, riches will
make him more beautiful, but if a man
be a moral and mental pauper riches will
only make his vulgarity all the more
glaring. The noble-hearted confer a
greater favor on riches by accepting
them than riches^ can "bestow upon them."
It is the opinion of the librarian of con-
Cress that wood pulp paper will not last
a century. Before 2001) all the books and
newspapers now"'in" evidence printed on
that kind of paper will have crumbled to
pieces. What a mess of dust there will
be In the newspaper file rooms of the
Minnesota Historical society, and in the
library rooma of the-.daily newspaper of
fices of the city, o
The Rev. Dr. Aruridel, Episcopalian, of
Fiusburjr, in a. recent address on "Pov
erty and its Rejief^f said: "Poverty is
S'ich a hindrance. Poverty is also on the
increase. The ngtiapj is growing richer
and the masses are growing poorer. The
causes of poverty in these days are mani
fold—the wage system. lons hours, en
vironment, insufficient living conditions.
There are thousands who do not secure
even a fair margin for their services. It
is not their own fault always. Every
churcli congregation should organize so
as to put an end to the suffering and
discomfort of tho honest earners of
small wages. Christian capital should be
invested in the erection of well lightod
and ventilated tenements."
The national anthem of Great Britain.
"God Save the Queen," will now have to
be changed to "God Save the King."
Both the words and the music dato back
to the'eighteenth century, having been
composed in honor of a birthday of
George 11.
Mrs. Nation is said to be a good plat
form talker with a wonderful command
of liibllcal texts, and in her speeches
rods them off by the dozen. .One of her
fancies is that her death by violence v. ill
arouse intenso public opposition to the
saloon business.
A couple of buttermakers from Missouri
—who were taking in the sights, looked
with surprise and interest at the large
photographs of the members of the two
houses of the legislature, and later in a
plctura store they saw the faces of all the
presidents of the United States in a
group. This was examined with awe
struck attention, and finally one remark
ed: "How in thunder did the photog
rapher get them all together at one
time."
Today, Feb. 25, is the anniversary of
the birth, in 1746, of Charles C. Pinckney,
American statesman and patrkit. He
was author of the declaration in reply to
the French government, when it demand
ed tribute of the United States: "Mil
lions i"or defense, but not one cent for
tribute."
AT THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN.
It Is easy to believe that Victorien Sar
dou bestows upon his work an amount of
labor that most modern dramatists would
deem wholly superfluous; and it is, per
haps, due to this painstaking care that
his plays have commended themselves
to the world's greatest artists as beins
worthy of a place in their repertivy.
True it is that they are not always pleas
ant to look upon. Sardou's imagination
seems to revel in scenes of blood, and
the reeking shambles, the Instruments
of torture, the heart-breaking groans
and the agonizing cries of the victims
of a superior force are often too promi
nent in much of his work. But when
their virility and strength, even their
nerve-racking realism, are taken Into
consideration, It cannot be denied that
his pictures, repulsive though they be,
are drawn by the hand of a master.
Whether their presentation on the stage
is conducive to a healthy neurotic condi
tion is a question for the psychologist
und the physician to decide.
In "Theodora" the dramatist has chos
en to omit much that makes "La Tosca"
so hideous. Torture is hinted- at, it is
true, and the auditor is given to under
stand that the rack and hot-Iron are not
unknown; but the necessity for their use
is dispensed with by a single swift blow.
And yet, It is a grewsome tale that is
told in the six acts which comprise the
play. It is a story in which might con-
Quers, even though, from the standpoint
of the moralist, it is not right over which
it triumphs. This is not to be inter
preted, however, as meaning that the
play Is not a strong one. On the con
trary, it is what Mark Twain would de
nominate as "bloodthlrstily interesting,"
and it Is sure to hold the attention of
the auditor from the beginning to the
final curtain.
Minnie TitteJ- Brune, who essays the
name part of the play. Is a comparative
stranger in the city. Theatergoers will
remember that she visited the North-'
west last season as leading lady with
Frederick Warde, and that her work was
of a character to win golden opinions
both from the critics and the public.
This season she has undertaken a more
ambitious role, and yet she has not found
the full metier of her ability. As "Theo
dora," co-ruler of the greatest empire
the world has ever known, and owing
her position solely to those charms of
face and form which enabled her to
weave a net around the weak Justinian
and raise herself from a performer in
the circus to a place on the imperial
throne, she was little less than superb.
ITers was the lissome grace of the tigers
with which she had associated when she
was a plebeian of plebeians, and some
thing of their nature seemed to have in
fused itself into her own. By turns she
is kittenish and defiant, changeful as
April weather, a creature of moods and
impulses, and equally effective in each
of the characters she- essays. Tn her
defiance to her lord in the fourth act
nothing better has been seen on a local
stage for many. a day. All the sup
pressed passion, all the disgust she feels
for his vacillation and weakness nnd
an outlet in a torrent of words which
are so admirably spoken as to be above
criticism.
Of the supporting company only one
member, Mr. E. L. Snader,'in the role
of Andreas, seems to deserve special
mention. His work was wholly com
mendable, and the picture he presented
of the Roman patrician was charaterized
by a forceful virility, by a blending of
strength and gentleness that made it en
tirely pleasing and in keeping with the
character. The much vaunted horse race
in the fifth act was a disappointment
and the play .would be vastly improved
by its elimination.
GRAND.
Bartley Campbell's melodrama at the
Grand this week, is a production unique,
interesting and in many respects force
ful. Why the '"spirit of Russia" ig sad,
why the works of the great authors of
that country all have an undertone, op
pressive, yet fascinating, is. thread by
thread, unwoven tn the seer and listen
er. The awful meaning of the word
"Siberia" to those in fear of the gov
ernment, the secret work of the- revolu
tionists, or the Nihilists, the intrigue,
suffering and cruelty rife in the land of
the czar are revealed and through all
the bright side of life is barely caught
a glimpse of.
First there is the sludr-nt, Nicoli Nal
goff, a Nihilist, who is in love with Sara,
daughter of David, an old Jew publican.
Then comes Ivan Nordoff, his friend, and
lover of Marie, who is sister of Sari.
Third to mention are Michael Trolsky. a
servant in the house of David, and his
sweetheart Vera, a Mower girl. Around
these three love matches, and the suf
ferings brought on by the exile of all
but Vera, the melodrama revolves ami
from the first act to the last the silent,
internal workings of the cruel govern
ment are set forth.
James Horn, as Nicoiat, defends Vera
from gross Insult by Jaraeoff, a gov
ernor-general In disguise as a merchant
Sara and Marie are daughters o? a Jew
and Jaracoff takes advantage of this.
knowing that there is a bitter feeling
against the race. "With or through
Michael Sparta, purveyor to Jaracoff'si
vices, the cry of "Nihilist" and "Jew"
is raised. The plot develops, the trial
comes, deportation follows. Nicolai is
not sent to Siberia, but goes disguised
as another soldier to be near his sweet
heart.
In tho fifth act is the mine scene.
Nothing but work, punishment, hunger,
cruelty, suffering; agony. A time of de
liverance comes and, under the guiding
hand of Nicolai, freedom is gained.
James Home as Nicolai, does credit
ably. He has a pleasing stage presence.
The same may be said of J. B. Coope?
as Ivan. Eugenic Eesseror as Sara
played her part well and Julia West as
the flower girl, did charmingly. Sh«.
with Edgar Foreman as Michael Trolsky.
furnished the undercurrent of merri
ment in the drama. Both have whole
souled, healthy personalities. Both are
just where they belong.
The most emotional part of the dran.a
is naturally in the mine scene, where the
climax is reached. Nicolai is called upon
to flog the girl he loves. He rings a
bell, "calls his men to arms, overpowers
opposition and flight follows.
STAR.
Fred Irwin's Burlcs'iuers, the attrac
tion at the Star this week opened to two
overflowing houses yesterday, standing
room only being 1 available for late com
ers .it Doth performances. Lfßo most of
its kind the show is divided into two en
semble sketches, with an olio in between.
Good dancing, clever songs and meri
torious specialties were the rule through
out, and the interest is not allowed to
flag for a moment.
The strength of the performance con
sists not so much in two or three excel
lent specialties as in a well balanced ana
uniformly strong cast. Barney Bernard
in h!a dialect songs, and comic make-up
was perhaps the funniest thing in the
show. His rag time songs, .In German
dialect, captured the audience, especla'ly
the clever parody on "Goo Goo Eyes."
Billy Bernard, his partner In the fun
making, was .almost as good. The Cor
nallas, eight in number, are as good
tumbles as have been seen In St. Paul,
and the two diminutive members of the
family scored a distinct hit. Grace \'an
tell in Illustrated songs, furnished
another pleasing portion of the pro
gramme. Her songs, sentimental in
character, were well sung, and appropri
ately Illustrated with sterecpticon views.
The rest of the olio consisted of a spe
cialty entitled tho "Merry Tramp," by
the Brownings, and a number of clreo
graph views, some of which were almost
too blurred by vibration to be appreci
ated. The living statuary and pictures
were artistically presented. The show
closed with a lively race track sketch
designated "A Good Thing." This was
full of movement and abounded with the
slang of the paddock and betting ring.
PEOPLE'S CHURCH.
The concert to be given at the People's
church next Wednesday evening by Mme.
Sembrlch and the artists who accompany
her will be one of the most attractive
that has been offered this season. Mme.
Sembrich Is acknowledged to be the mis
tress of song, and she sings with con
summate art and power. The other ar
tists are singers of great distinction.
Bensaude is known the world over as
one of the greatest of dramatic singers.
Rossi, on this tour, has almost divided
honors with Sembrich herself, while
Dado has one of the deepest and most
remarkable basso profundo voices that
has been heard In recent years. The or
chestra is one of the best.
OLOA NETHERSOLE.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 24.—The Olga Xether
sole company closed its season with the
performance of "Sapho" at the Olympic
theater last night. The illness of Miss
Nethersole and her departure for Europe
was the cause of the premature closing
of the season.
STATE PRESS COMMENT,
Chance for Salt Water.
Buffalo Lake News.
The ship subsidy bill seems to be dead,
but there are many who fear that it will
not stay dead.
He'll Be Good.
Waseca Democrat.
One Republican has had the courage to
come out with a demand for the repeal
of the duties on steel and iron in order
to crush the new great steel trust. How
ever, the way he has been turned down
by his colleagues will be enough to keep
him quiet for a long while.
Spurns Political Trash.
Le Sueur News.
The Republican state central commit
tee is wasting a cent a week on the
News every week sending it about a col
umn of political trash to print. When
we want a city editor for our paper we
will have the business men of pur own
town contribute to a purse so that we
may hire one. Until then we will write
our own politics.
Vim Sent in Form \<>vr.
Morton Enterprise.
Gov. Van Sant and Mayor Ames would
make a fine physical exhibit in the prize
ring. Both are well proportioned, active
and strong. They might get up a littie
contest of their own, and settle that per
plexing fight question between them
selves after the manner wherein they dif
fer so materially. The doctor should go
into training at once and secure a man
ager. The governor already has a dozen
or more managers. That's what's the
matter with him.
Xot 'i'lirntiji'ii Roberts' Appeal.
WabSsTia Herald.
There was a contest befo-e the lower
house of the Minnesota legislature. The
contestants were Mahood, Democrat, am?
Blair, Republican, both of Le Suour
county. On the face of returns Mahood
had reven mo; a votes than had Blair,
and the certificate of election was Issued
to him by the canvassingl board of Le
Sueur county. Blair carried the contest
into the house and was breeten by a vote
of 6C to H. So questionable was the posi
tion of Blair that forty-four Republicans
voted against him. Thess who voted for
Blair could only have done so on the
most intensely partisan grounds.
Republican Press Bureau** Worii.
Evansvllle Enterprise.
"Had the Democratic candidate for
governor been elected last fall be woull
have used his influence to bring about
and continue a deadlock in the legislature
that would have resulted in no election,
and Charley Towne would have "repre
sented" Minnesota in the senate for t»-3
years more instead of only a few weeks.
The legislature settled it in short or
der, not desiring any more of that sovt
of 'representation' than it could avoid."
•The foregoing is a fair sample of
the ready-made editorials being run
in many of our Republican exchanges.
If it is necessary for the faithful to gsv*
space to the stun* furnished by their
masters, they should at Ica3t exclude
*uch rot as the above.
Drnns the Bible.
St. James Journal.
When John Lind was governor no
change was made in the prison manage
ment for political reasons. Wolfer was
a competent warden and he retained his
position until he voluntarily resigned.
Ma.j. Reeve has proven to be a compe
tent and successful prison manager, bat
for party reasons he Is to be removed.
It is perhaps as well that it should lie so.
For many years the people of the state
were in rebellion against the Republican
machine, which dominated everything
political in the state. Finally It was
overthrown, or partly so, and for two
■years had an administration during
which abuses were corrected and many
measures Initiated of advantage to the
state. The people who had fought the
machine and helped to turn it down
again made terms with the machinists,
and the condition of the state is now
best described by sacred history, as fol
lows:
"When the unclean spirit Is gone out
of man, he walketh through dry places
seeking rest; and finding none, he salth,
I will return unto my house whence I
came out.
"And when he cometh, he fmdeth it
swept and garnished.
"Then goeth he and taketh to him
seven other spirits more wicked than
himself; and they enter in and dwell
there; and the last state of that man is
worse than the first."
"THE HELMET OF NAVARRE."
How Loranee de Monilac I&suaucil
From Paris to St. Denis.
The installment of Miss Runkle's "Hel
met of Navarre," which appears in the
March Century, closes with the illght of
the heroine from Paris, her own name
happening to be the password at the city
gates. -
Bat at this moment, hearing the alter
cation, the pfficer himself came out of
the guard room in the tower, and to him
Gilies at once began his story. Our
mother at St. Denis had sent for us to
come to her dying bed. He wa? a striot
porter; the me&senger had had trouble to
find him. His young brother and sii
ter were in service, kept to their duties
till late. Our mother might even no*
be yielding up the ghost! It nas a piti
ful case, M. le Capltalne; might We not
be permitted to pass?
The young officer appeared less inter
ested in this moving tale than in the fa^e
of mademoiselle, lighted up by the flam
beau on the tower wall.
"I should be glad to oblige your charm
ins sister," he returned, sm-ling, "but
none goes out of the city without a pasa-
GLOBE'S CIRCULATION
FOR JANUARY.
Ernest P. Hopwood, superintendent of
circulation of the St. Paul Globe, being
duly sworn, deposes and says that the
actual circulation of the St. Paul Globe
for the month of January, 1901, was
as follows:
Total for the month 529,550
Average per day 17,082
ERNEST P. HOPWOOD.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 31st day of January, 1901.
H. P. PORTER,
Notary Public, Ramsey Co., Minn,
IKctsrialSeal.]
FURTHER PROOF IS READY.
The Globe invites any ona and every
one interested to, at any time, make a
full scrutiny of its circulation lists and
records and to visit its press and mail
ing departments to check and keep tab
on the number of papers printed and the
disposition made of the same.
port. Perhaps you have one, thougH,
lrom my Lord Mayenne?"
"Would our kind be carrying a pa-« - .
port from the Duke of Maveune?" quoth ;
Gilles.
"It seems improbable," the offlced smil
ea, pleased with his wit "Sorry to dis
commode you, my dear. But perhaps j
lacking a passport, you can yet oblige
me with the countersign, which does ta§
v.el\. Just one little word, now and
I'll let you through."
"If monsieur will tell me the" little
word," she asked innocently.
He burst into laughter.
"No, no; I am not to be caught so
easy as that, my girl."
"Oh, come, monsieur captain." Gilles
urged, "many and many a fellow goes in
and out of Paris without a passport. The
rules are a net to sti>a. a fish and let tha
small fry go. What harm will it do
to my Lord Mayenne, or you, or any
body, if you have the gentleness to let
three poor servants through to their
dying mother?"
*lt desolates me to hear of her extrem
ity," the captain annwered, with a fine
irony, "out I am here to do my duty. £
am thinking, my dear, that you are some
prrout lady's maid?"
He was eying her sharply, suspiciously;
she made haste to protest.
"Oh, no, monsieur; I am servant to
Mmt Mesnier, the grocer's wife."
"And perhaps you serve in the shop?"
"Xo, monsieur," she said, not seei-is
his drift, but on guard against a trap.
"No, monsieur; I am never in the shop.
I am far too busy with my work. Mon
sieur does not seem to understand whit
a servant-lass has to do."
For answer, he took her hand and lift
ed it to the light, revealing all its smooth
whiteness, its dainty, polished nails.
'I think mademoiselle does not under
stand it, either."
With a little cry, she snatched her hand
from him, hiding it in the folds of her
klrtle, regarding him with open terror.
He softened somewhat at the sight of her
distress.
"Well, it's none of my business if a
lady chooses to be masquerading round
the streets at night with a porter and a
lackey. I don't know what your pur
pose is—T don't ask to know. But I'm
here to keep my gate, and I'll keep it.
Go try to weedle the officer at the I'oita
Xfiive."
In helpless obedience, glad of even so
much leniency, we turned away—to face
a tall, grizzled veteran in a colonei'3
shoulder straps. With a dragoon at lii.j
back he had come so softly out of a,
side alley that not even the captain had
marked him.
"What's this, Guilbert?" he demanded.
"Some folks seeking to get through tha
gates, sir. I've just turned thorn away."
•'What were yon saying about the Porta
Neuvc?"
"I said they could go Bee : <>v/ that
gate is kept, i showed them how this
is."
"Why must you pass through at this
t;me of night?' said the commanding of*
Jicer, civilly. Gilles once again be«
moaned the dying mother. The young
captain, eager to prove his fidelity, n
terrupted him:
"I believe that's a fairy tale, sir.
There's something queer u'bout thejo
people. The girl say 3 sli ■ is a grocer's
servant, and / has hands like a duc*i
e&s'."
The colonel looked at us sharply, neith
er friendly nor unfriendly. He said m
a perfectly neutral manner:
"It is of no consequence whether sha
*cc a servant or a dnehess—hns a mother
or not. The point is whether theso peo
ple have the countersign. if they nava
ie they can pass, whoever tlu-y are."
"They have not," the captain answered
at once. "I think you would do well,
sir, to demand the lady's name."
Mademoiselle started forward for a bold
stroke just as the superior officer de
manded of her, "The. countersign?" As
be said the word, she pronounced dis
tinctly her name:
"Loranee—"
"Enough!" the colonel said instantly.
"Pass them through, Guilbert."
The young captain stood in a mull,
but no more bewildered than we.
"Mighty queer!" he muttered. "Why
didn't she give it to me?"
"Stir yourself, sir!" his superior gave
sharp command. "They have the coun
tersign; pass them through."
LITERARY NOTES.
"The Only American Girl Who Ever
Married a King." "The Loveliest of All
Kentucky Girla, The Anecdotal Skla
of Theodore Roosevelt" and "The Au
thor's Reading at Blxby Center," by
Kate Douglas Wiggin, will have a wide
reading In the March Ladles' Home Jour
nal. And "The Gibson Play," too. It
accentuates the satirical humor of
Charles Dana Gibson's "'Widow and Her
Friends" in a two-act comedy by Mar
guerite Merlngton. The illustrations by
Mr. Gibson are characteristic and inter
esting. Edward Bok's editorials and
Helen Wattereon Moody'B "Girls Who
'Go In' for Something" are helped 'i
counsel, and will be profitably rea~.
"The Story of a Young Man" Is complrt
cd In the March Journal, and "The Suc
cessors of Mary the First" presents new
and extremely funny complications and
vexations. A good share of space Is de
voted to Easter fashions in feminine at
tire, and there are articles on cooking,
china painting, 'A Successful Country
House at Bryn Mawr," "A Suburban
House for $6,500;" a page picture show-
Ing "The Old Stage and the Turnpike,"
of W. L. Taylor's "The Last Hundred
Years in New England" series, arid
"Trough Picturesque America"—two
pages of photographs of views in Cuba
and Porto Rico. A feature of the March .
Journal is Eugene Field's "Armenian
Lullaby," set to music.
« • •
The poetry of the "New" Llppincott
Magazine is always striking and breaks
away as far as possible from the convsn
tlonal verse. The March number gives:
"At the Sarah Bernhardt Theater," by-
Florence Eurle Coates; "A City's Woe,"
by Clarence Urniy; "Two Visions," by
Theodosla Pickering Garrison, and "la
It Spring Again In Ohio?" by Edith M«
Thomas.
Maurice Thompson has ridden Into
fame on the charm of "Alice of Old Vln
cennes," but the complete novel which
he contributes to the March "New" Llp
pincott will add other laurels to hla
crown. "Rosalynde's Lovers" is one of
the sweetes and freshest romances of th»
heart ever penned by an American au
thor. Its scene is in Indiana, like that
of "Alice," and its treatment possesses
all the felicities which have made tha£
heroine a household wcrcL